Sentences with phrase «cell research controversial»

However, some consider human embryonic stem cell research controversial because, in some cases, the new stem cell lines are derived frozen human embryos that have been donated for research.

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It's clear that Mr. Neuhaus failed to see that I was attempting to fairly represent both sides of a controversial ethical issue» not endorsing fetal - cell research.
The year's most prominent science issue, federal support of embryonic stem cell research, is so controversial that the sons of Ronald Reagan gave dueling speeches at the opposing party conventions; Michael Reagan backs President George W. Bush's policies, including the ban on funding for research on new stem cell lines, while Ron supports Senator John Kerry's promise to lift restrictions.
Not every task is as controversial or comprehensive as interpreting the legislation on stem cell research.
«In this paper, we try to put together the information that led us to the controversial hypothesis that obstructive sleep apnea accelerates age - related decline, which has promoted debate and stimulated research in the field,» says co-author Claudia Cavadas of the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of the University of Coimbra.
One method suggested by Shakesheff was to hold referenda on controversial topics, such as stem cell research.
The only field that is controversial is research using stem cells that are derived from human embryos.
Unlike embryonic stem cells, the use of adult stem cells in research and therapy is not controversial because the production of adult stem cells does not require the destruction of an embryo.
For example, FASEB took no position this year on federal funding of human stem cell research, while ASCB lobbied intensely in favor of government backing for the controversial studies.
The federal government moved a step closer to funding research on some human stem cells today, when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released draft guidelines covering the controversial research.
LONDON — Wellcome Trust, the United Kingdom's largest biomedical research charity, today announced more than # 4 million in support for a pioneering, and potentially controversial, IVF treatment that could prevent some forms of muscular dystrophy and other diseases caused by defective mitochondria, the energy - generating organelle in cells.
The potential of iPS cells to help treat everything from damaged heart tissue to Parkinson's disease, has prompted intensive research that has looked into the use of skin fibroblast cells as an alternative to controversial embryonic stem cells.
Discussion of the possible role of online forums in typical scientific work, or even ordinarily controversial work like stem cell research, is all interesting, but it's a very separate matter.
Federal officials are proposing to end a moratorium on funding for research that involves transplanting human stem cells into animal embryos, a controversial practice that produces organisms know as «chimeras.»
But even before the cash spigot opens, the government may close it — or even try to limit research on human embryonic stem cells, the more promising and controversial type of stem cell.
WASHINGTON — Seven years after President Bush blocked most federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, the controversial science is likely to get a fresh look from the next occupant of the White House, no matter who it is.
Discussion of the possible role of online forums in typical scientific work, or even ordinarily controversial work like stem cell research, is all interesting, but it's a very separate matter.
In the research world, controversial stem cell studies have been retracted from the prestigious journal Nature, in which Japanese and US scientists claimed to have reprogrammed stem cells by exposing them to acid.
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